After Zhang Fan distributed the crystal cores directly to Xiao Lingwei and Ji Junwei, he turned around and saw Liu Yining's expectant eyes.
"Uh...well...Liu Yining, your medical team may have to wait a while..."
Zhang Fan has recently been protested by many people in the headquarters because he has recruited too many personnel and needs to be upgraded!
The main reason for the protest is, of course, that Zhang Fan has been too extravagant recently.
Although the annexation of these forces in the west of the city can also bring some profits, those profits cannot cover Zhang Fan's expenses at all!
Therefore, we have to rely on our headquarters to support some of them!
The medical team recruited by Liu Yining has nearly 600 people. Upgrading all these people to level five will undoubtedly be a huge expense. Considering that the return on this investment is not high at this stage, Zhang Fan decided to follow Liu Yining
Tell the truth.
After Liu Yining listened to Zhang Fan's explanation, she understood and accepted it.
But then I thought about it and seriously suggested it to Zhang Fan.
"Lord Barbarian King, during the time we were in the west of the city, we did not go to the Sky City to do tasks to earn crystal cores. And the team I led is indeed not the most important in the real world at this stage! But if we go to the Sky City
, then you can team up with other people to do tasks! By then, the income will definitely be greatly improved!"
Zhang Fan had also considered Liu Yining's suggestion before.
Zhang Fan had considered this issue after recruiting half of the people in the west of the city.
Even the Secretariat gave some suggestions in this regard.
But because the number of people was too much for Zhang Fan.
They are all small forces scattered everywhere. On the one hand, they are also afraid that they will be discovered by the five major forces if they make too many moves.
Zhang Fan just wanted to make plans after unifying the west of the city.
At this moment, Liu Yining raised this issue again, and the Arknights team, one of the five major forces, has also been included in the package.
Zhang Fan actually thinks it might be time to give it a try!
After discussions between Zhang Fan and the Secretariat, this decision was unanimously adopted!
"Liu Yining, you first select about a hundred people, upgrade them directly to level five, and then form teams with each team in the headquarters to complete the mission!"
Liu Yining nodded in agreement, took the crystal core and went to deal with the matter.
The follow-up results are really good! With the addition of Liu Yining's team, Zhang Fan's people's efficiency in completing tasks has been greatly improved. The most direct benefit is that the core income has also doubled!
Before the next strategy is announced, everyone performs their duties and works hard for the next annexation!
After all, it is unlikely that the Social Animal Self-Help Group will be taken down as easily as Arknights Team!
When Zhang Fan said this at the leadership meeting in the west of the city, everyone in the Arknights team always felt that something was wrong.
But the words of Lord Barbarian King cannot be refuted face to face!
Daiyu sensed something was wrong, pretended to cough a few times, and lightly kicked Zhang Fan under the table.
Zhang Fan saw some embarrassment on the faces of Hu Xingguo, Ji Junwei and others, and smiled again.
"I mean, the people in the Social Animal Self-Help Group are far less far-sighted and organized than our Arknights team members!"
Hu Xingguo smiled and said, "That's what Lord Barbarian King said!"
Everyone couldn't help laughing.
The atmosphere became harmonious again, and Zhang Fan continued to explain the mission to everyone.
"Xiao Lingwei, Huo Xiaoyu, Black Lotus King, and Ji Junwei, the four of you are keeping an eye on the movements of the four major forces!"
"Xiao Lingwei, you are in charge of the Social Animal Self-Help, and keep in touch with Wang Jiaying at all times! Our next goal is the Social Animal Self-Help! So you have to keep a close eye on this! Do everything you can to prevent Xu Feng from upgrading before we are ready!"
Xiao Lingwei nodded coldly.
"yes!"
Zhang Fan looked at Huo Xiaoyu again.
"Huo Xiaoyu, you are in charge of Rainbow Hall and help Li Xinran gain the trust of the top management of Rainbow Hall as soon as possible!"
Huo Xiaoyu patted her chest and said.
"No problem! Leave it to me!"
Zhang Fan nodded and said to the Black Lotus King again.
"King Black Lotus, you have always been in charge of the Chengxi University Alliance, so you must not let anything slip at the critical moment. After dealing with the self-help gang, the University Alliance should be our next target!"
The Black Lotus King has a serious expression.
"Please rest assured, Lord Barbarian King, the person I sent to the University Alliance has adapted very well! I think it won't be long before she has a certain say!"
Zhang Fan nodded. "Very good!"
Finally we talked about Ji Junwei.
"Ji Junwei, since you are a famous figure in the west of the city, it must be easier for you to find out about the Hua'er Team than the rest of us! So, I will leave the Hua'er Team to you!"
Ji Junwei looked troubled and looked at Hu Xingguo habitually.
Hu Xingguo is worthy of being Ji Junwei's former captain, and he also stood up and spoke out at this time.
"Lord Barbarian King, in fact, our understanding of Team Hua'er is the same as yours..."
Before Hu Xingguo finished speaking, Zhang Fan's face turned cold.
"What? Does it mean that Ji Junwei can't complete this task?"
Hu Xingguo just saw Ji Jun's eyes asking for help and subconsciously answered for him. He didn't expect Zhang Fan to get angry.
He quickly explained, "Lord Barbarian King, it's me who talks too much."
Zhang Fan could clearly see the eye contact between Ji Junwei and Hu Xingguo just now!
Zhang Fan didn't look at Hu Xingguo, but just stared at Ji Junwei.
"Ji Junwei, I am very optimistic about your ability, and I think you are a person who can take on big responsibilities. Now, if you don't have the confidence to complete the first task I assigned you, then I think there should be others in the west of the city.
There are a lot of ambitious young people who want to show their ambitions!"
Ji Junwei lowered his head in shame.
"Lord Barbarian King! I am willing to give it a try!"
Zhang Fan's eyes were cold and icy.
"Go and ask the other three people, did they just complete it with an attitude of trying?"
Ji Junwei hardly dared to speak.
Zhang Fan continued.
"I can accept less than ideal results, but only if you give it your best!"
"What do you think we are doing? Playing house? We are surviving! Every time one more person joins in, the chance of survival for all of us increases!"
"So, let me ask again. Ji Junwei, can you complete this task?"
Ji Junwei gritted his teeth and said firmly, "I can!"
Zhang Fan nodded, "Okay!"
Then he looked at Hu Xingguo again, and his tone softened.
"Captain Hu, blindly protecting the people under his hands will not allow them to grow up! What's more, Ji Junwei is fully capable of completing the tasks I assigned him!"
"Don't forget, he is no longer the vice-captain of your Arknights team! But the captain of an independent elite team! If even he himself has no confidence! How can the people under him trust him!"
Hu Xingguo's face was filled with shame.
"I didn't think carefully..."
Zhang Fan smiled helplessly, "It's not that you are inconsiderate, you really like to think about everyone!"
After Zhang Fan finished speaking, he waved his hand.
"Okay! The tasks of each team have been clearly explained. Next, it's up to you to do your job well!"
Xiao Lingwei, Huo Xiaoyu, Black Lotus King, and Ji Jun stood up together.
"yes!"
Zhang Fan waved his hand again, and the four of them sat down again.
Zhang Fan looked at Hu Xingguo again.
"Captain Hu, all work of the Ark Tomorrow team should be carried out normally, right?"
Hu Xingguo nodded.
"Lord Huiman King! After all members of the Arknights team are upgraded, the income will be significantly higher than before!"
As he said this, he took out his daily running water for Zhang Fan to take a look at.
Zhang Fan nodded with satisfaction.
"Your original hunting area is connected to the Social Animal Self-Help Gang, so it is completely normal for the mutant beasts in their hunting area to run into your area!"
Xiao Lingwei couldn't help but laugh.
"Sir Barbarian King's expectation is indeed good. Especially according to the observations of my team members, the self-help gang of social animals can hardly hunt any decent mutant beasts!"
Zhang Fan raised his eyebrows.
"Then they are really unlucky."
At this time, everyone laughed again, and the overly heavy atmosphere just now relaxed again.
Zhang Fan looked at the captains of the other small forces.
"The same goes for you. Those who are close to each other will form a team first and act together! You can take turns to move around the territory of the Social Animal Self-Help Gang. With your current strength, it shouldn't be difficult to steal some towers without being discovered, right?"
Everyone also responded.
"Anyway, just one sentence now! Let the self-help gang of social animals cut off the source of crystal nuclei in the real world! Then when Xu Feng is impulsive because of anger, attack him in a guerrilla warfare style!"
"As long as you catch the superhumans from the Social Animal Self-Help Gang, bring them to me!"
Everyone was a little puzzled, but no one asked any more questions.
After Zhang Fan saw that the matter was explained, he dismissed everyone, leaving only a few members of the Arknights team alone.
Hu Xingguo thought that Zhang Fan was still going to question him about the incident just now, so he sat in his seat with his head bowed and did not dare to say anything.
Yuan Shaohua never dared to interrupt. After all, Zhang Fan still had no clue about the strange things in the cellar that Zhang Fan told him to investigate. At this moment, he felt uneasy in his heart.
The other two people were also confused and were too nervous to say anything.
Zhang Fan saw that several people looked scared, and he couldn't help but want to tease them.
"Ahem!"
Zhang Fan coughed a few times.
"Daiyu! Go and ask Shen Mengyun to make a pot of tea!"
"Brother Fan! Couldn't you just contact her directly? Why do you want me to go there?" Daiyu tilted her head in confusion.
Zhang Fan frowned.
"Go if you are told! Why are you talking so much!"
"Oh." Daiyu pouted and went reluctantly!
Zhang Fan closed the door with his backhand and wandered around the room.
"Guess, why did I keep you here?"
In addition to Hu Xingguo and Yuan Shaohua, there are two other people present, a man and a woman.
The man looks fair and clean. According to Hu Xingguo, he is specifically responsible for matters related to the crystal core of Team Arknights.
The girl is responsible for things related to Arknights and Sky City.
Hu Xingguo specially brought the two of them to this meeting because he wanted them to show up more in front of Zhang Fan.
Who knew that Zhang Fan was not as talkative as usual today, and even Ji Junwei scolded him. Although the two of them were also very important figures in the Arknights team, they did not dare to say anything in front of the Barbarian King.
Seeing that several people were silent, Hu Xingguo, as the captain, tentatively asked first.
"Lord Barbarian King...are you still angry about what I said for Ji Junwei just now..."
Zhang Fan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Captain Hu, I'm not so petty!"
Zhang Fan personally denied it, and Hu Xingguo breathed a sigh of relief.
He almost doubted his decision to join the Barbarian King in the first place.
Yuan Shaohua took a deep breath and spoke with difficulty.
"Lord Barbarian King, you asked me to investigate the strange things in the cellar before, but there are really no clues. I have asked everyone in the camp and no one has had the same experience. We have also already found the scene identified by Miss Daiyu.
I dug three feet into the ground, but still found nothing..."
Yuan Shaohua said without any confidence, and he thought Zhang Fan must be making trouble over this matter.
But Zhang Fan still just waved his hand.
"Don't worry about that. Let's talk about it when we meet again!"
Yuan Shaohua looked at Zhang Fan in surprise, "If you're not going to ask about this, is there anything else?"
Zhang Fan deliberately pretended to have a headache and rubbed his eyebrows.
"I remember, there should be some unresolved issues for the Arknights team, right?"
The four of them looked at each other doubtfully.
Hu Xingguo licked his lips.
"Lord Barbarian King, we really don't know what else you want to ask. Please tell me clearly!"
Seeing that several people were really frightened, Zhang Fan finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Just at this time, Daiyu walked in with tea.
"Brother Fan, why are you laughing?"
Zhang Fan shook his head.
"If you think about it again, if you really can't remember it, then there's really nothing I can do about it."
Daiyu poured the tea one by one and asked again.
"What are you talking about?"
Hu Xingguo gritted his teeth and decided to ask Daiyu for help. He told the story again.
Then he said, "Miss Daiyu, we really don't know what Mr. Man King is referring to. You and Mr. Man King have always been together, can you give us some hints. After all, we have just joined Shuguang, so we may not know many of your rules...
…”
Daiyu looked at Zhang Fan and then at Hu Xingguo and the others.
"No, we at Shuguang don't have any special rules."
Zhang Fan asked again with a smile.
"You should think carefully, if you really think everything is fine, you can leave! But don't regret it after you leave!"
Zhang Fan had said such words, how could Hu Xingguo and the others dare to leave?
Daiyu looked at Zhang Fan in confusion, not knowing what he was doing.
Hu Xingguo and others took turns to propose various possibilities, and Zhang Fan said no except one.
This move made Hu Xingguo and others completely confused.
After wasting a long time, Hu Xingguo and others couldn't figure out the problem, so they had no choice but to tell Zhang Fan.
"Lord Barbarian King, we really can't think of anything else that remains unresolved."
Zhang Fan drank tea leisurely and said casually.
"Oh? Really? Is there really nothing else?"
Hu Xingguo and several others looked at each other and gritted their teeth.
"It should be gone!"
Zhang Fan shrugged and put down the water glass.
"Okay, since you think, ah no, since you, Hu Xingguo, think nothing will happen anymore, then you can leave!"
Hu Xingguo swallowed, and then stood up.
"Lord Barbarian King, if anything happens, just give me more instructions!"